Dr Bob Newman tells us about OAT (OST) in the USA

"MAT [medication assisted treatment] is greatly underused. For instance ... the proportion of heroin admissions with treatment plans that included medication-assisted opioid therapy fell from 35% in 2002 to 28% in 2010" - years of unprecedented growth in dependence on opiate analgesics and heroin. Waiting lists of desperately motivated applicants often extend for months, assuming there are locally available programs to which one can apply."

The CSTF is a joint initiative of the New York and Vienna NGO Committees on Drugs. To support preparations for the 2019 Ministerial Segment, to be held at the 62nd Session of CND, Global Civil Society Hearings are being held in New York (20th February 2019) and Vienna (26th February 2019).

This event will launch Harm Reduction International's latest report on this issue and discuss how abolishing the death penalty for drug offemnces could serve as an entry point for broader abolition efforts.